John and Elizabeth Travels

CHINA AGAIN An early start, collected by cab at 5.30am for the bus to Harbin. A long boring 15hr trip, but arrive at The Holiday Inn, to a luxurious room with the best bed we have slept in! Oooh luxury! Once we negotiate our way across the road, dodging crazy drivers as is customary in China, we prowl a great shopping area, with beautifully illuminated older buildings. Walk to the waterfront, but is cold, and of course, so much smog, you can't see beyond the other side! We spend 2 lovely days here. This is the Ice & Snow city, where the Ice Sculptures are done in January. Then, we fly to Beijing. Good 2hour flight. Caught a cab to Capital Hotel – right in downtown Beijing. I am amazed that there are not nearly as many people as I expected! Except when we went to watch the changing of the guard at sunset - then we saw some of the 1.6billion people! We paused a moment to visualise the young student who stood alone and faced an army of tanks, during the student revolution. An awe